well you. know. which your thirst for action. the stories that shaped the week here on our t.v. after a delay due to covert 90 basco finally this world war 2 victory parade marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany. racism resolution by the u.n. human rights council sparks anger from washington for its criticism of the non-governmental organizations complain it didn't go far enough. in russia begins voting on constitutional reform with 2 regions making people cast their ballots online only because of concerns over coronavirus.

this is r.t. international. after being delighted by the global pandemic mosco finally held its huge military parade on one saying it was the 75th anniversary of victory over nazi germany red square echoed to the sound of thousands of marching feet from those tasked with protecting them out and on their heels quite literally came a procession of military vehicles and equipment for the entire thing was topped off with a spectacular flight. if

it. did. of course want to tell it was down in red square and she summed up the emotions of the day to me actually the most moving part of the day it's all to the present spoken and they say in unison. and that's because i hear history in that sound there are echoes of these people 75 years ago on red square dick she was celebrated but more importantly so with the people who had fought tooth and nail to bring it up out my grandmother for chachi for india 1000000 not as independent women and it was an all female unit that was part of the fust polish army and that was part of the soviet fool says a nazi they fought out a bottle in london which is an accent of russia and they actually managed to break

through to judgment a friend says take and hold talk a strategic area of the bridge that proved to be crucial and not the battle later on i could go up to any single person on the street also what did you write it seems to join the war each would keep me 80 tell family story someone who fought and died starving cried someone who survived the blockade of leningrad so many fall with the partisans on so much who on the 24th of june 1945 walked on to that very splat right behind me traditionally the events held on may the night that the coronavirus of course prevented this ship so wednesday was chosen for the jubilee instead not just a random date back in 1945 significantly the 1st of a victory parade was held on june 24th for many soviet soldiers made it but from the front lines to share in the celebrations with the whole country. in commemoration of victory over germany in the great patrick wall for june 24th 945 i

am scheduling a parade of the active army the navy and moscow garrison the victory parade in moscow's red square. it was a long anticipated and unfit gettable day people strongly believed it would come.

we were looking at the pile of wet cloths and thinking that the long expected victory had come and we the war is that how people to free the motherland bring back face my contributions. going to get around to reading the troops i can see rain trickling from their camps but this too high to even notice it was

a gloomy sunday red squares cobblestones were wet the bunches of flowers that we got after the parade were away but years on my heart doesn't believe in those memories the 24th of june 1945 has become a part of my life it was the most cheerful and sunny day. as time marches on from these world changing events it seems that history is not always being remembered the same way in may the white house paid tribute to the u.s. and u.k. for delivering victory in the 2nd world war completely ignoring the efforts of the soviet union and it's not the only example of brushing of the past and hawkins reports from victory park in moscow on those then 145 american great britain had victory over the nazis the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played by other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union

which suffered over 25000000 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet . on the 23rd of august $939.00 the soviet union and nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to the podium but when former liberators are officially relabeled as occupants and victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple states at the center of those tragic events have been mired in controversy but when it comes to russia controversy turned to something and forgivable all but equating

the soviet union's role in world war 2 with that of nazi germany dear president putin's heater and stalin colluded to start world war 2 that is a fact part of was a victim of this horrible conflict from the munich pact and partition of czechoslovakia to western business interests in nazi germany many countries at the center of the wars outbreak have skeletons in the closet the key aim is to learn lessons what can be done today to maintain violet of peace the russian president has his own thoughts the historical revisionism where witnessing in the west particularly with regard to the subject of the 2nd world war and its outcome is dangerous because it grossly cynically distorts the understanding of the principles of peaceful development laid down in 1945 by the conferences in yalta and san francisco. the main historic achievement a few and other decisions of the time was the agreement to establish

a mechanism that would allow the major powers to stay within a diplomatic framework when resolving their differences the response to russia's position such as passing its own historical laws is telling rather than a debate accusations of deliberate false for cation and deceit to divide and conquer in pursuit of nefarious motives historians and politicians may argue for years about blame and responsibility but as the memory of conflict fades so does the fear of such tragedy repeating itself they say history is the sum of all things that could have been avoided a vast early warning system and the response to the president's peace may have missed the main point. the way we understand history shapes the way we understand the present and shapes how we're going to act in the future if we have a distorted a corrupt titian of history then we're not going to be able to 1st of all know that

a different future is possible but we see history being deployed for nationalistic propaganda stick for mythological for militaristic purposes all over the world and i mean russia is certainly guilty of that too to some extent i'm not saying that russia is outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together again. washington has slammed the un for drawing up a resolution critical of racism in america following the death of georgia. but i thought of his group's claim the document didn't actually go far enough explains.

when the entire world gets these agri this few reus something must be done rights groups and civil society have mobilized armies of activists and lawyers to make sure that it does it's now or never here is that chance to get rid of xenophobia and make this world a better place. the undersigned family members of victims of police killings and civil society organizations from around the world call in member states of the un human rights council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the united states in order to respond to the unfolding growth human rights crisis born out of the repression of nationwide protests the a.c.l.u. when $600.00 organizations have written to the un human rights council to take action to do something new that the united states gets mentioned specifically for obvious reasons you watch my brother down there could have been me i hear. you i

mean you're mad in a sense are your brother the 1st let's keep on air america and you have the power to help we're get this from. the u.n. human rights council hears that it gets to work on un draft statements and says what the people wanted to say strongly condemns racism against african-americans and the structural racism built into the american government it says it will investigate abuses against african-americans in the united states this is fiery stuff powerful and righteous we believe the situation in the united states warrants urgent country specific intervention and then a thematic global investigation is also an idea what happened was a too harsh maybe an unacceptably strong stance against racism they call racism bad names because those righteous words didn't make it into the final report they

were moved here is the watered down blub blub version that they agreed on the draft resolution now before the council requests the high commissioner for human rights with the assistance of resident relevant special mandate holders to prepare a report on systematic racism violations of international human rights law against africans and. people of african descent by law enforcement agencies especially as those incidents that resulted in the death of george floyd and other africans and of people of african descent here some of the parts that washington convinced them to remove no longer does america have a problem with a race is just the system now it's a common problem see no longer will the u.s. government be shamed and called out for the murder of george florida now it's a google murder we all black and white and asian and arab we're all potentially responsible for american police murdering a black man the a.c.l.u.

said it best what a circus it is absurd that the final resolution passed by the united nations strips mention of the united states where police kill people particularly black people and alarmingly higher rates compared to other developed countries the united nations needs to do its job not get bullied out of doing it and hold the united states accountable the country must face independent global scrutiny for its oppression of black people witness the power of american diplomacy the ability to bully the african group predominantly made up of blacks into watering down a statement against racism the united states which itself pulled out of the human rights council asked its friends apparently to do a little arm twisting. looks like back home on tuesday is comin down the us which quit the human rights council has successfully enlisted ek mission geneva and

france and australia to work together and undermine this important text the efforts of the us to avoid a council attention on the highlights why such scrutiny is needed and how father is still to go to dismantle the pernicious structures of institutionalized racism just one thing if george floyd's murder had happened in syria or in iraq it would have been a war crowd that police officer knelt on a defenseless handcuffed man's neck as he slowly suffocated begging for his mother and all those american diplomats they would have been in the front ranks pretending to care screaming and frothing for justice only to deny that very same justice to anyone else. we can voting is underway here in russia and amendments to the country's constitution details for you after the break .

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join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously going to get us to the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back the voting process to reform the russian constitution began on thursday polls are open nationwide until july 1st the vote had been originally planned for april 22nd but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic to alleviate concerns about crowds polling stations are open for a whole week instead of a single day there are about $200.00 proposed amendments to the constitution one of those changes would allow vladimir putin to run for president for another 2 terms but it's argued over the all or nothing approach of the vote of people have to say yes or no to the entire package and you can't just pick and choose which amendments

you want to put in supported the changes in a speech in the state duma back in early march. it was january when president putin stunned russia by proposing changes to the country's foundational law the constitution within hours the entire government had resigned the current constitution dates back to $993.00 to western backed president boris yeltsin built from the day bri of the communist soviet era yeltsin's constitution created what would be criticized as a hyper presidential system the president called all the shots. and it was forged in bloodshed as a hostile communist control parliament trying to impeach yeltsin he resorted to the military to keep in power. 187 people were killed that autumn. one of the most important proposals today is to end that hyper presidential system while keeping the fundamentals of the constitution intact so what powers does the president currently have only he alone can nominate the prime minister and other

cabinet members parliament just gives a formal green light to the candidates the proposal would flip that giving parliament the final say on who serves in government and the president would not be able to reject the m.p.'s choices powers would be redistributed between various branches of government intended to lock in more checks and balances into russia's government system another big change would limit the president's tenure to only 2 terms in total as opposed to no more than 2 terms in a row as it is now that means future leaders won't be able to serve for as long as putin has. but it's not a member which has got western media excited putin's perceived trick to stay in power forever the existing rules say putin must stand aside in 4 years time after his 2nd consecutive term albeit his 4th mandate in total m.p.'s are pushing a proposal to 0 out his term count a reset button for an updated constitution i propose to add to the new constitution

that the current president like any other citizen would have the right to be elected to the post of head of the state that would mean putin could run again in 2024 and in 2030 if he wants to rewind back to january and why putin said he wanted to change the constitution he says it's to develop a welfare state. the reason for these amendments is to ensure the further development of russia as a state governed by the rule of law is to increase the efficiency of institutions in our country with that in mind the room more than $140.00 amendments one guarantees that the minimum wage will not be lower than the cost of living another secures an annual adjustment to improve the real value of pensions and allowances that would also be tougher requirements for civil servants such as banning key officials from having foreign citizenship or foreign bank accounts that would also be a ban on giving away any russian territory and the priority to domestic law over international there are some controversial proposals to marriage would be classified solely as

a union between a man and a woman and god gets mentioned or the constitution will still say russia is officially a secular state it's an all or nothing vote russians won't be able to pick and choose which of the amendments they want to say it's simply a yes or no to the whole package and the changes will only be enacted if the russian people give it an unequivocal mandate. if people do not vote for the amendments they will not be added to the constitution on voting is being held for the 1st time in russia 2 regions are holding their vote electronically hits another measure to help quell covert fears. one platform being used promises data encryption and previously guarantees and registration for line voting closed last week now while some of the proposed reforms are proving controversial list of argued that overall change is needed for russian society. but i think it's very important to note that the present constitution came out of violence came out of the time of deep uncertainty

a time of very small just events after the collapse of the soviet system here we are 2027 years later and this document is a centralized power dramatically. feels it needs to be changed opinion polls suggest a majority russians feel it should be changed as well while the western media is focusing on the putin term limits thing which by the way doesn't mean he has to go mention one day anyway putin says he will respect me technically but you really didn't have to have this national vote at all i mean it was passed by every russian region all 85 federal something to pass the. parliament to pass the national parliament he didn't have to have this vote he's chosen to do it because he obviously wants the public democratic legitimacy and fairness i think if that had been that many ballot papers would win a hell of lot more confusion than a single ballot paper saying yes or no. black lines matter movement is having an impact on many sectors and one of the latest is the beauty industry the world's

biggest cosmetics company l'oreal has said that it will drop all references to white and fair in its skincare ranges this comes after many companies faced a backlash for marketing skin whitening products one of them the corporate giant unilever also announced it's going to rename its product line which is a company called fair and lovely we recognize that the use of the words fear white and light suggests a singular ideal of beauty that we don't think is right and we want to address this . the move comes after 2 petitions demanded a ban on the products which attracted thousands of signatures the petition state these whitening products were developed from internalized racism and they promote anti black feelings meanwhile us john johnson and johnson is so there's going to pull this entire range of lightning products distributed in asia or in the middle east to start you know i mean they pick. why did you raise your eyes is the one detailed conversations over the past few

weeks highlighted that some product names or claims on our neutrogena and clean and clear dark spot reduce of products represent fairness or white as better than your own unique skin tone this was never our intention healthy skin is beautiful skin. however many consumers who use the creams are outraged that what's happening we put the issue up for debate. they're removing these products that are not used to correct issues of you know skin issues but they are used to create the fairest possible skin and such products should not exist they should not be marketed they are result of white supremacy in colonialism i think if your were to remove whitening creams you would have to also remove tanning solutions to mean lotions tanning oils so i think that we should make it completely legal still because it's everyone's choice to have you know whatever they want to do with their own bodies the difference between bleaching and tanning is this bleaching your skin comes from

an ideology white supremacy and self-hatred is actually in my opinion a form of self mutilation where if you harm it really want to remove the melanin and the color in your skin because you want to appear as wide as possible i think it's up to people to decide what they want to do and for example if you say that women cannot no longer get breast implants because it's massaging a stick because men look at their breasts more that's like saying the same thing i mean every every day something is going to be quoted as racist and i don't think that's right and i think that people are moving way too fast with this notion and i don't think that should be the case as right now there is never a speech that's too fast to eradicate racism we have been for hundreds of years seeing the remnant of that. in the form of self-hatred and physically for china it's rooted in attempting to create parity with europeans who came in sign

a back in the thirty's i think that china's case about why you know what incomes and whatever it's based on not by supremacy but it's based on and in the in the old days when workers used to be farmers they would take a lot and then it would be perceived as more poor if you go out in the sun so it's not about why supremacy is about people's own thoughts and minds and cultures if a person who works in the sun is seen as a worker and a lower income person then that's. that's actually been used for hundreds of years in asia to discriminate against black people when people who are darker a star said this is a person saying i don't want to identify with my ethnicity either way it's people's rights to their own body whatever they want to do i don't like how payola look i put 10 cream on every day and i think it's great i don't think it's white supremacy i don't think that i'm trying to be black and i don't think i'm trying to be darker it's just i think that that's why i like it suits my body well and i like that the status symbol of white they are i think created in the minds of people around the

world that if you are white you are better that has been brainwashed and evil and unfortunately it was not even inspired an. insane talent that michael jackson possessed inside of his wealth mad i think what we should do is that we should educate people on the notion that that white isn't just the most beautiful you know other of stuff in the shelves to make that happen you could educate people you commit make a movement saying that i think that if you remove these when creams off the shelves people go to dangerous notions dangerous measures to make them see their skin away provide education for children for the future your future generation the current variations to say that hey whiter isn't beautiful and you are perfect just what you are and then it's up to them to decide what they want to do with their lives. the sex thing with their not international law but back with more not top stories in 30 minutes time.

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for. trying for justice. on welcome to worlds apart we often hear in human life is priceless we found virtue is a political statement but simply not true in economic terms economists at

a price to act if you live like everything else on the market is the books of watch a nation what is the cost of crude. human lives above everything else well to discuss that i'm now joined by david handlers and a research fellow with the hoover institution at stanford university professor henderson it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time and your son now one of the things that has been possible in me throughout the call this 19 pandemic is that in many countries it's economists pragmatically liberally minded economists who are very much in favor of the strictest law down possible while many epidemiologists and other public health professionals are a form more reserved about such total matters how do you explain that what i think what economists did early on starting in march that was university chicago study which they took the most extreme. model which was the.